Theatre Royal

Iconic. Contemporary. 
 
Australia’s oldest working theatre—still stealing the spotlight. 

For more than 180 years the Theatre Royal has hosted icons of the stage. With its walls rich in history, it now showcases today’s leading actors, comedians, fresh new voices alongside fabulous entertainment and boundary-pushing contemporary performance. 

An old-world grandeur is mixed with state-of-the-art lighting and sound technology, as this one-of-a-kind venue continues to wow performers and audiences alike.  

Old bones. Fresh acts. All drama.

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Studio Theatre

Bold stories. Up close.  
 
A classic contemporary black box space designed for cutting-edge, dynamic and intimate performance. 

This state-of-the-art venue offers an intimate connection between artist and audience that is perfect for contemporary theatre, film screenings, dance, music, circus, comedy and experimental works. 

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The Ian Potter Recital Hall

Sounds. Incredible.  

The Ian Potter Recital Hall – a world-class space for world-class sound. 

This professional performance venue features cutting-edge acoustic systems that recreate perfect sonic environments, with reverberation from 0.6 to 15 seconds. Opening the door to new possibilities in sound from acoustic vocal performances and chamber recitals to expertly amplified performances. The Ian Potter Recital Hall has hosted Nico Muhly, William Basinski and the Australian String Quartet, showcasing a diversity of styles and musical forms that can be showcased in this venue.  

Experience sound like never before.
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The Vanessa Goodwin City Room  

Connected. Views.

With a capacity of 50 people, the Vanessa Goodwin Room enables a vision for creative collaboration, the room is equipped with the latest videoconferencing capability and is reconfigurable. 

The Vanessa Goodwin City Room is also available to industry and community for corporate meetings and events. The adjoining Vanessa Goodwin Rooftop Garden provides an alfresco breakout space against a backdrop of city views over Nipaluna/Hobart. 

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The Salon

Inviting. Perfection.   

Featuring many of the same acoustic capabilities of The Ian Potter Recital Hall, The Salon has two sound, lighting states and audience positions. 

It can be viewed as a conceptual, prototyping workshop space, where students, industry and community can realise or perform creative work. 

With its full acoustic treatment, and its intimate warm atmosphere, The Salon is used equally well for talks, readings, lectures, smaller music performances or housing VR works or video installations on loop. It is ideal for jazz and popular music concerts and workshops. 

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